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Listen: Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby Are The Highwomen

The country supergroup will release its self-titled debut on Sept. 6. Hear the first single, "Redesigning Women."
The Highwomen, left to right: Natalie Hemby, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires.

In 1985, a team of country-music legends formed , a supergroup combining the talents of , , and . It somehow took 34 years for someone to think of a perfectly named counterpart, but now we've, , and Nashville songwriting force .

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